urn:taro:smu.00096Donald Gallup collection on American literatureA Guide to the CollectionFinding aid prepared by Holly Gerber, 2009.DeGolyer LibraryP. O. Box 750396Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, TX 75275-0396Finding aid encoded by Lara Corazalla,
2009.Finding aid written in English.Description based on DACS.
Overview
DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist UniversityGallup, Donald Clifford, 1913-Donald Gallup collection on American literature1912-20003 boxes (3 linear feet)The Donald Gallup collection on American literature consists of three boxes of periodicals, fine printings, promotional materials, and proof copies. The collection primarily focuses on James Purdy, Eugene O'Neill, Gertrude Stein, Carl Van Vechten, and Thornton Wilder. Gallup taught English at Southern Methodist University before serving as the curator of the Yale Collection of American Literature for over thirty years.A2009.0017Material is in English
Biographical Note

Donald Gallup served as the curator of the Yale Collection of American Literature for over thirty years. Prior to working at Yale, Gallup taught English at Southern Methodist University. Gallup was a well-known scholar of American Literature, focusing on Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, Eugene O’Neil, and Thornton Wilder. Gallup began collecting Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas materials while he was stationed in Paris during World War II. In 1968, Gallup famously authenticated the previously lost manuscript of T.S. Eliot’s "The Waste Land" for the New York Public Library. Gallup died in 2000 at age 87.

Source:

Honan, William. "Donald Gallup dies at 87; Bibliographer of T.S. Eliot." The New York Times, September 10, 2000, New York edition.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Donald Gallup collection of American literature encompasses three boxes of materials related to well-known literary figures. A number of rare, fine press items are included in the collection as well as periodicals, proof copies, exhibition materials, book dealer catalogs, and other ephemera. The collection primarily focuses on Gertrude Stein. Stein’s friends Alice B. Toklas, Thornton Wilder, and Carl Van Vechten are also featured in the collection. Gallup also collected materials related to James Purdy and Eugene O’Neill. The collection includes materials in English, French, and German.

There was no original order to this collection. Holly Gerber began with placing items into folders. The collection was then sorted by author. The materials were then categorized into items about the authors and items written by the authors. Finally, each category was organized chronologically.

Finding aid written by

Holly Gerber, 2009.

Encoded by

Lara Corazalla, 2009.

Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1:Eugene O’Neill

Materials about Eugene O’Neill’s work and playbills from O’Neill’s plays.

243Van Vechten, Carl. "Puss in Books." The Yale University Library Gazette 23, no. 4 (April 1949): 175-180.244Van Vechten, Carl. "Pierre Monteaux." Words and Music: Comment by Famous Authors about the World’s Greatest Artists. Camden, NJ: RCA Victor Division, [1950?]. p. 45. 245Van Vechten, Carl. "Random Notes on Mr. Mencken of Baltimore." The Yale University Library Gazette 24, no. 4 (April 1950): 165-171.Also includes "Reminiscences of Hergesheimer, Van Vechten, and Mencken" by Alfred A. Knopf, pp. 145-164.246Van Vechten, Carl. "Why Music is Unpopular." The American Record Guide 26, no. 10 (June 1960): 778-781.Also includes "Evviva Carlo" by James Lyons, p. 776, "Carlo Patriarch" by Edward Jablonski, pp. 782-784, and "A Gallery of Documentary Photographs by Carl Van Vechten, pp. 785-805. Inscribed on page 777 by Carl Van Vechten to Donald Gallup.247Van Vechten, Carl. "Rogue Elephant in Porcelain." The Yale University Library Gazette 38, no. 2 (October 1963): 41-50.248Van Vechten, Carl. With Formality and Elegance: A Selection of Inscriptions to Bruce Kellner from Carl Van Vechten. Laurens, NY: The Village Printer, 1968. Two copies.T.p. verso: "One hundred copies, printed on Ticonderoga Text are numbered 1 through 100; twenty-six copies, printed on Linweave Spectra and sewn into Japanese woodcut wrappers, are lettered A through z." Includes copy 7 and copy E. Sent from Bruce Kellner to Donald Gallup.249Van Vechten, Carl. "More Laurels for Our Gertrude: A Postscript." Confrontation, no. 8 (Spring 1974): 18-19.Includes inscription to Donald Gallup, by Steloff, before "The Making of An American Visit: Gertrude Stein" by Frances Steloff, pp. 9-17.250Van Vechten, Carl. CVV, 101. S.I.: s.n., 1981."Twenty six copies lettered A through Z and named for their recipients have been printed…This is copy G for Donald Gallup." Includes original envelope.251Van Vechten, Carl. Lord’s Prayer, 1984."Dear Donald, Carl Van Vechten’s 104th anniversary prompts me to ask if you have ever heard his version of the Lord’s Prayer…Happy birthday to Carlo from Bruce Kellner. 17 June 1984. Copy G of 26." In original envelope.252Van Vechten, Carl. My Favourite Authors. S.I.: Bruce Kellner, 1985. "For Carl Van Vechten’s one hundred fifth birthday anniversary, on 17 June 1985, Bruce Kellner has had made twenty-six copies of My Favourite Authors. They are lettered A through Z and named for their recipients. This is copy G for Donald Gallup." Includes original envelope.253Van Vechten, Carl. Memoirs by Fania Marinoff. Lancaster, PA: Bruce Kellner, 1987. T.p. verso: "Bruce Kellner has made 26 copies of this pamphlet for friends. They are lettered A through Z…This is copy C."254Van Vechten, Carl. Carlo Pro Femina, 1989. "Bruce Kellner has made fifteen copies for Carlophiles. This is copy 4." Includes original envelope addressed to Donald Gallup.255Van Vechten, Carl. The Rape of the Madonna della Stella. Lancaster, PA: All Kinds Blintzes Press, 1998."Of this edition of The Rape of the Madonna della Stella, twenty-six copies have been printed…This is copy I."256Van Vechten, Carl. On Vice and Publicity, 1999. Note: "Ten copies of an unpublished note by Carl Van Vechten made for his one hundred nineteenth birthday, 17 June 1999, printed in Antiqua on handmade Italian cotton and marigold leaves. This is copy 6." Includes original envelope: "Carlo 119."31Roger Kent. Documentary Photographs by Carl Van Vechten. Exhibition materials. April 1949.32Gordan, John D. "Carl Van Vechten: Notes for an Exhibition in Honor of his Seventy-fifth Birthday." Bulletin of the New York Public Library 59, no. 7 (July 1955): 331-366.33"Tips from the Bookseller." Publishers’ Weekly 168, no. 3 (July 16, 1955): 178.Short article about the publication of "Carl Van Vechten: A Bibliography." Sent from Van Vechten to Donald Gallup.34"The Carl Van Vechten Exhibition." The Yale University Library Gazette 30, no. 2 (October 1955): 83-84.Includes note from Van Vechten to Donald Gallup on p. 83.3580 Writers Whose Books and Letters Have Been Given Over the Past Twenty Years to the Yale University Library by Carl Van Vechten, Compiled in Honor of His 80th Birthday, 17 June 1960. New Haven, CT: Yale University Library, 1960.Inscribed by Van Vechten to Donald Gallup.36Adams, Frederick, B., Jr., et. al. A Greeting. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1964.Inside of card: "To Carlotta Montgomery O’Neill on the occasion of the first publication of More Stately Mansions." Includes photograph by Van Vechten.37Kirstein, Lincoln. "Carl Van Vechten (1880-1964)." The Yale University Library Gazette 39, no. 4 (April 1965): 157-162.38Promotional material for Bruce Kellner’s Carl Van Vechten and the Irreverent Decades. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, December 9, 1968.39Kellner, Bruce. "HLM and CVV: Friendship on Paper. "Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review, no. 39 (Fall 1971): 2-9.Inscribed by the author: "for Donald from Bruce, some minor gossip about our old friend / 6 Oct. 1971."310"A Bookmark of Dance Horizons Publications: 1974-75." Includes entry on The Dance Writings of Carl Van Vechten by Paul Padgette.311Williamson, Hubert L., Jr. Blue Heaven. 1982. Proof copy.Williamson’s play is based on Van Vechten’s book Nigger Heaven. Includes correspondence from the author to the executor of Van Vechten’s estate. Also includes correspondence from Donald Gallup to the Van Vechten executor indicating Gallup’s, and the Estate’s, dissatisfaction with the play.312Copy of letter from Donald Gallup to Hisao Kishimoto thanking him for sending a copy of Kishimoto’s book Carl Van Vechten: the Man and His Role in the Harlem Renaissance. 1983.313American Portraits, Harlem Heroes: Photographs by Carl Van Vechten. Exhibition materials. 1984-1985. Also includes promotional material for Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance exhibition, 1987.314Kellner, Bruce. A Supplementary Bibliography of the Work of Carl Van Vechten, 1991.T.p. verso: "Twenty-six copies, lettered A through Z, have been compiled during March-June 1991. They are enclosed in proof and hors commerce copies of the dust wrapper for A Bibliography of the Work of Carl Van Vechten, 1980…This is copy G for Donald Gallup." 315Gardner, Paul. "Carl Van Vechten, Culture Connoisseur." On Paper 2, no. 5 (May-June 1998): 13-19.Includes correspondence between Paul Gardner and Donald Gallup.Series 5:Thornton Wilder

Playbills from productions of Wilder’s plays, materials by Wilder, and materials about Wilder’s work.